Following the successful formation of the Bristol NHS Group by NBT and UHBW in April 2025, today Bristol NHS Group confirms the appointment of a single Non-Executive Director team for both organisations.
The new Bristol NHS Group Non-Executive board members are:
- Martin Sykes – UHBW Vice Chair
- Sarah Purdy – NBT Vice Chair
- Linda Kennedy
- Marc Griffiths
- Richard Gaunt
- Roy Shubhabrata
- Shawn Smith (NBT)
- Sue Balcombe (UHBW)
In July this year, Bristol NHS Group announced its plan to explore how NBT and UHBW might become a single organisation, to make it easier to unlock greater economies of scale – driving further value for the public purse and reinvesting savings into front-line care. In the interim, the Boards of UHBW and NBT will continue to meet ‘in common’ as a single Group Board working alongside the new single Group Executive team formed in July 2025. Two organisation specific Non-Executive Directors will provide an independent voice for each organisation.
Ingrid Barker, Group Chair said of the appointments:
“I’m delighted to have appointed a single Board for our Group and look forward to working with them as we strive to achieve our vision for seamless, sustainable, high-quality care for the benefit of our Patients, our People, our Population, and the Public Purse.
“Non-Executive Directors play a crucial role in the safe and effective running of the NHS and each appointee to our Bristol NHS Group Bord brings valuable skills and experience from a wide variety of roles within the wider community to our two Trusts.”